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NLE > Latin 2 > 1997

This is the Latin 2 test for 1997. Please get out a number two pencil and step back and punt.

Be advised that some questions may not appear; these questions need to be fixed. I have excluded them until they are corrected. Some of these include questions which have multiple answers as well as older questions for which I need to create a map.

A total of 32 questions

1. Multi senatores ad Forum carris portabantur.

A. had carried

B. were being carried

C. will carry

D. are being carried

2. Fideles cives stabant ante templum.

A. behind the temple

B. into the temple

C. around the temple

D. in front of the temple

3. Mater duos pueros dormientes excitavit.

A. sleeping

B. about to sleep

C. slept

D. to sleep

4. Nomina Latina avium in illo libro erant.

A. birds

B. than the birds

C. of the birds

D. from the birds

5. Facillimum est errare.

A. easy

B. easily

C. very easy

D. easier

6. Hercules duodecim labores perficere poterat.

A. to complete

B. will complete

C. to be completed

D. to have completed

7. Familia laeta in this villa habitat.

A. illa

B. alia

C. qua

D. hac

8. Nauta dicit se epistulam cras scripturum esse.

A. is writing

B. will write

C. wrote

D. had written

9. Parvus canis A PUELLA vocabatur.

A. by the girl

B. near the girl

C. for the girl

D. to the girl

10. Hodie nos ad urbem ibimus.

A. are going

B. will go

C. were going

D. have gone

11. Magister antiquum librum diligenter aperuit.

A. careful

B. very carefully

C. rather carefully

D. carefully

12. Rex quem cives amabant erat aequus et iustus.

A. whom

B. to whom

C. with whom

D. whose

13. Servus fenestram magna cum diligentia refecerat.

A. is fixing

B. was fixing

C. will fix

D. had fixed

14. Vir se in flumine lavabit.

A. themselves

B. himself

C. ourselves

D. yourself

15. Discipulus a magistro monitus bene laboravit.

A. having been warned

B. to warn

C. will warn

D. warning

16. Dux Romanus ad magnam navem mox perveniet.

A. will arrive

B. was arriving

C. had arrived

D. arrived

17. Currite, Helena et Quintia, celeriter ad Forum!

A. is running

B. you are running

C. to run

D. run

18. Labor huius diei est difficilis.

A. about this day

B. this day

C. of this day

D. on this day

19. Multi Romani Minervam, ____, honoraverunt.

A. deas sapientiae

B. deam sapientiae

C. dea sapientiae

D. deae sapientiae

20. Estne Olympus altior quam Vesuvius?

A. higher

B. high

C. highest

D. as high

21. Which of the following is the River of Gloom in the Underworld?

A. Cerberus

B. Proserpina

C. Charon

D. Styx

22. Horatius Cocles, Mucius Scaevola, and Cincinnatus were

A. members of the First Triumvirate

B. early Roman patriots

C. Julius Caesar's lieutenants

D. well-known Roman writers

23. In quo mari est Sicilia?

A. Aegean

B. Black

C. Adriatic

D. Mediterranean

24. The commands aperi librum! NOLI DICERE CUM VICINIS! SUME STYLUM! SCRIBE IN TABULA! Would most likely be given to someone

A. in Colosseo

B. in horto

C. in ludo

D. in Circo Maximo

25. _____ helped _____ obtain the Golden Fleece.

A. Eurydice … Orpheus

B. Ariadne … Theseus

C. Andromeda … Perseus

D. Medea … Jason

26. Which of these Roman emperors was at one time known as Octavian?

A. Augustus

B. Tiberius

C. Caligula

D. Nero

27. The three goddesses whom Paris judged were

A. Juno, Venus, Ceres

B. Juno, Venus, Vesta

C. Juno, Venus, Diana

D. Juno, Venus, Minerva

28. When Theseus left Athens to go to Crete to kill the Minotaur, in what direction did he sail?

A. south

B. north

C. east

D. west

29. Which of these Latin words is not a season?

A. ver

B. hiems

C. mare

D. aestas

30. The terms legio, CASTRA, and CENTURIO pertain to

A. religion

B. army

C. the monarchy

D. politics

31. Verbum sapienti sat est.

A. A word to the wise is sufficient.

B. A wise man likes words.

C. Wisdom is enough.

D. Enough has been said about wisdom.

32. He gave the article a cursory reading.

A. partial

B. quick

C. angry

D. enthusiastic